jevs

I was about to put on my new Monroe Sensatrac struts and rear shocks and I found out my car has Eibach springs. I assume Audi never used Eibach springs from the factory? They do say Eibach with "Federn" undereath where you would normally expect to see the word "Springs", which is german I believe for springs.

The front springs have the number 247897 & 8592.001VA on them.
The rear springs have UN & 11 1500102HA on them.

Also the right rear spring appears to be upside down (the Eibach logo and numbers are upside down). Does this matter?

Now I think I am screwed from using the Monroe stuff?? This is just a commuter car, so what is the cheepest struts that will work with Eiback springs? I don't care about anything other than a working strut that at least rides about like stock. I just think it may blow the Monroes out prematurely??

It seems the car still has the original struts and shocks. They still say VW on them etc. The car has about 124,000 on it I think.

I thought I was going to have this thing done this week. I guess not now.

This sucks, because my 1 ton diesel van can't make it out to the highway if it ices or snows....

J. Patterson

But, a set of Koni's would not cost much more. Koni Eibach or Bilstein Eibach are good combos. I would look carefully at that rear spring. If it IS upside down , it needs turning over as they are different top and bottom. (at least my H&Rs are) Maybe it is just stamped upside down.

jevs

I guess I am going to go bilstein sports. I don't want to mess with adjusments and I don't want to worry the Monroes are crapping out or not working correctly. The spring looks about the same either way to me, but I will flip it to be safe. The bilsteins are more than twice as expensive as the monroes.......